United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a “national emergency” at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday night as he sought to swiftly assert his authority and differentiate his administration from that of his predecessor Joe Biden.
From the Oval Office on Monday night, Trump also said that he planned to impose a 25% tariff on all Mexican and Canadian exports to the United States on Feb. 1. He previously pledged to impose the tariff on his first day in office and keep it in place “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”
After taking the oath, US President #DonaldTrump says, “I will declare a NATIONAL EMERGENCY at our southern border… All illegal entry will be immediately halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places they came.”… pic.twitter.com/btkF5zDCoh
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) January 20, 2025
Trump said in his inauguration speech on Monday that he would promptly “sign a series of historic executive orders” and that “first I will declare a national emergency at our southern border.”
In his inauguration speech, Trump said that “all illegal entry” to the United States would be “immediately halted” with his national emergency declaration.
“And we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came,” he said.
“We will reinstate my Remain in Mexico policy. I will end the practice of catch and release. And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country,” Trump said.
The New York Times reported that in addition to the executive order to send troops to the United States’ southern border, Trump also signed an order requiring the military to “seal” the northern border with Canada, to repel “forms of invasion, including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities.”
The 47th U.S. president also said that “under the orders I sign today, we will also be designating [drug] cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.”
He signed an executive order making that designation shortly before 7 p.m. He subsequently said that the U.S. military could be used against Mexican cartels. In his inauguration speech, Trump also said that “a short time from now we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.”

The New York Times reported that some of Trump’s executive orders “are almost certain to be challenged in court.”
For example, involving the U.S. military in border security tasks “would draw immediate legal challenges because of the strict limits in American law for how the armed forces can be deployed inside the country,” the Times said.
The declaration of a “national emergency” on the Mexico-U.S. border — where the number of migrant arrests have recently fallen — would allow Trump to access funding for border wall construction without approval from Congress.
The successful execution of the U.S. president’s pledge to reinstate the Remain in Mexico policy — which requires asylum seekers to await the outcome of their claims in Mexico — would depend on the cooperation of the Mexican government. However, President Claudia Sheinbaum is opposed to the reactivation of the policy.
Sheinbaum congratulates Trump
In a post to social media on Monday afternoon, Sheinbaum, “on behalf of the government of Mexico,” congratulated Trump on his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.
“As neighbors and trade partners, dialogue, respect and cooperation will always be the symbol of our relationship,” she wrote.
A nombre del Gobierno de México felicito a Donald Trump @POTUS por su toma de posesión como presidente número 47 de los Estados Unidos de América. Como vecinos y socios comerciales, el diálogo, el respeto y la cooperación siempre serán el símbolo de nuestra relación.
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) January 20, 2025
At her morning press conference on Monday, Sheinbaum and other federal officials provided details about the government’s plan to receive Mexicans deported from the United States during the second Trump administration.
The program — part of a strategy called “México te abraza,” or “Mexico embraces you” — includes welfare support for deportees, registration with the Mexican Social Security Institute and transport so that returning migrants “can reach their places of origin,” Sheinbaum said.
*Note* This is a breaking news story and will be updated accordingly.
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And so it begins.
Should the US violate the sovereignty of Mexico, I hope and expect the Chinese to offer Mexico their Assitance to repel any military action by the United States, for example using Chinese air defense capability to shoot down American drones or missiles. This would of course help the Chinese to test their capabilities against the American’s top military assets. This is the kind of negative outcome I expect to see more of as the Clown-in-Chief and his minos makes major strategic mistakes, one after another
So you think it’s ok for the cartels and china to be able to kill tens of thousands of Americans not to mention mexican citizens as well, and get away with it. They are shooting at border agents from across the river.they are selling children into sex operations.whats wrong with you?
I Couldn’t have said it better.
Well, Brad, if you took the time to actually read the proclamation on whitehouse.gov, you would clearly see that nowhere in the directive does it state the US will violate Mexican territory or sovereignty. The proclamation clearly cites long-existing US laws and the powers in Article II of the United States Constitution that allow such actions. It seems to me that he is doing exactly what the 77.3 million people who voted for him expected–to uphold his oath to the US Constitution and all laws regarding security, sovereignty, and immigration.
I agree Jeff, well said. Thank you!
Well said. Probably does his fact checking with CNN the veiw and Lester. The absolute pillars of American honest reporting.
Ah yes, WWIII. 🍿🥃.
It started with the experimental release of COVID and china got away with killing millions of people around the world. put don’t worry,it is all part of Bible prophecy.they think they will win but will fail.nothing can stop gods will.otwill be done on earth as in heaven.watch for them saying peace and security.(1 Thessalonians 5:3)”whenever they say peace and security,sudden destruction will be instantly upon them,they will by no means escape”. President trump said it 2 times last night from wait for the rest of them to say it.
Keep up. It was proven that COVID was not released from a lab in China.
More like Ukraine2.0
Nothing new here, it’s all been done before. Historically, the Biden administration will be an aberration if not insane policy.
Presidenta Sheinbaum is a class act; Donald Trump is an oafish bully. I believe that Mexico can, and will, trump Trump as easily as one snuffs a rogue mosquito. It’s the “hopefuls,” currently huddled along the border or hard at work within the States, that should be of utmost concern. Fortunately the Mexican government is gearing up for the crisis with its “Mexico te abraza” initiative. What will public-minded groups in the U.S. do to help and support immigrant co-workers and neighbors as ICE makes this winter insufferable for so many?! Vamos a ver.
Listen if you can.its all about the illegal criminals,not the honest people who are putting something into it.
The Chinese aren’t likely to get drawn into a neighborhood squabble. They can test the US at a time of their choosing and in a place where they see themselves benefiting. Mexico is not that place. Think: Taiwan.
Mexico’s days of doing nothing and blaming the US are over. Millions of Illegals are coming home and Trump will battle the cartels. Doing nothing isn’t an option anymore.
About those supposed terrorists; they are making what their willingly addicted customers in the US want, so
Those who want access to ‘unapproved’ drugs should be allowed to purchase them at Unapproved Drug Stores. Access should be limited to those 26 yrs and older, willing to take the responsibility for the pharmacology of euphoria, toxicity, and possible death. Savings from the ‘War on Drugs’ would go to treatment of people who decide to exit this life of drugs. We do not need to expend more lives in Mexico or the US to ‘protect’ those who want this lifestyle. They are not ‘victims’. Those who die in the line of duty are
Drugs is only one cog in the wheel that keeps the cartel rich and powerful.
Besides, everything the new administration does is really just about cruelty. They take joy in denying human dignity. It not about the details, none of it. File it all under cruelty
Chronic TDS and fear mongering from the far left, this is getting so tiresome and boring.
This is not a Trump doing this is a Trump undoing. There are a lot of people that need to read and study history. I am not saying that Trump is a great and kind person. Personally I dislike his irrationality. But, this boarder issue is a long time coming and Mexico has to take some of the responsibility as most of the problem entered into Mexico with little to no resistance. When you have Chinese, Haitians, West Africans, as well as many other non Mexican citizens trying to gain access to the US, they did not just appear at the boarder one day. Cruelty is not the intent of the enforcement of current laws, It is the enforcement of laws to protect those that are US citizens.
In the same vein, Mexico should crack down on all the illegal Americans and Canadians in their country. There are thousands of them that do not possess a residency visa. They should also ban entry to anyone with a criminal record of any kind……
I agree bhowe11; As a US Citizen and a citizen with a Temporary Residence Visa in Mexico I can assure you the process and requirements the Mexican Immigration Dept. are strict. The Mexican IMN do a background check on individuals requesting visas. Additionally, one must prove your economic ability to support yourself without becoming a burden to Mexico or its people. The proof of income is 15 times the Mexican minimum age. Mexico is doing it right. The USA just needs to follow the laws that are currently on the books. People in the USA, Mexico, and any other country that are illegally in a country should be deported back to their country of origin. I applaud President Trump for his actions and I am so looking forward to he and Presidenta Sheinbaum working together for the good of both countries and their citizens.
Both Canada and the USA need to deploy military on the Northern and Southern borders to combat crime, just yesterday in the State of Vermont an armed illegal immigrants shot and killed a USA border guard. One suspect killed the other got away.
Now is the time to round up illegal immigrants in both Countries, collect DNA samples, intelligence and information about these people and maybe in the meantime solve some crimes these people or their relatives have probably been involved in over the course of their illegal entry to the Countries.
Can’t we all just get along…
I am not a Trump supporter, however I am a Conservative.
I can understand the US needs to tighten it’s borders, address the fentanal issue, and negotiate fair trade policies. I don’t agree with the approach this administration is choosing to try to resolve these complex issues. To be honest, I feel the US has many issues larger than these that need to be addressed such as healthcare, the judicial system, infrastructure, regulating AI and the tech industry, the wealth gap, the electoral college & the two party system, election funding, inflation and corporate price gouging for quarterly profit, to name a few. I admit that I am shocked at just how angry, racist, and hateful the people of the US are. If we’re ever going to fix shit, we need to find a way to work with one another.
Well said, I agree 100%. Trouble is the guy in charge north of the Rio Grande isn’t fit for office. There will be a lot of suffering on both sides of the border before those that voted him in realise that his primary motivation for the job was to escape prosecution for rape, dodging taxes and inciting political chaos and voilence by not accepting the presidential electoral result of 2020 (and the list goes on)
If the USA bombed all the regions containing drugs and cartels, USA citizens will still be obtaining illicit drugs, distributing the drugs and overdosing and dying from drugs.
The USA likes to blame every country for their downfall, no matter what it is. The USA will be falling and not rising like everyone thinks. Anybody that thinks otherwise is delusional.
Donald Trump’s greatest success was proving to the rest of the world that the United States (per capita) has the dumbest most gullible population on the planet. After electing such a pathetic human being for the 2nd time, they have lost all credibility. The world is laughing
First They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Re: This comment. “…its all about the illigal criminals, not the innocent people…”
Listen, its all about Trump being an racist. Look back on his comments about minorities before becoming president. Even though he didn’t mention Mexico on his “shit-hole” countries list, it’s obvious that he believes Mexico AND Mexicans are shit. I’m looking foward to when Presidenta Claudia spoon feeds Trump some of the shit he has been spewing.
It would be laughable if it weren’t so pathetic how Americans so often claim to be the “greatest country in the world”. Well not any more. All they can claim is “the greatest economy in the world”. The way Biden left it and the way Obama left it.